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Renovators Network 2009

Renovators Network returns in Fall 2009 with a new series of workshops about a variety of home renovation topics. Topics to be addressed include window restoration and siding removal.

Workshops take place at 118 S. Driver Street, in the East Durham National Historic District. The John Evans House was built c. 1900 for the first superindendent of the Durham County Home, his wife and eight children. The house is little changed, with a wraparound porch, pointed box window surrounds with applied sawnwork ornament, and multi-paneled sidelights at the entrance. The combination of gabled wall dormers with triple-A roofline is unusual.

The John Evans House

Since 1997, Renovators Network participants have had the opportunity to learn skills from experts in all aspects of older home ownership, from decorators to plumbers, bankers to landscape gardeners, historians to electricians, and to share their own experiences in home renovation. The Renovators Network email listserv helps network members share information anytime.

To sponsor an event, contact the Preservation Durham office!

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Spring 2009 Renovators Network Programs

All programs are held Saturdays at 9:30 at 118 S. Driver Street.
Let us know if you're coming so we can provide enough donuts and coffee for everyone!

FALL 2009 PROGRAMS

September 27: NOTE: This month's workshop starts at 1:00pm. Repairing and Resealing Old Windows. Learn how to save energy in your old house by upgrading existing windows.

More Programs Coming Soon!

SPRING 2009 PROGRAM

February 21: What to Do with an Overgrown Landscape Meadowsweet Gardens will be conducting an enlightening session on landscaping, pruning, the dos and don'ts of what to do with the old and how to blend in the new.

March 21: Painting 101 Russell's Paint Company will teach you how to paint safely when priming and painting your historic home. You will learn the best color choices for rooms of all sizes and how to create an inviting feeling.

March 28: Paint Perk-Up Using the training methods learned the previous week, participants will complete painting at 118 S. Driver.

April 18: Floor Refinishing Accent Hardwood Flooring will demonstrate how to repair and rehab your existing wood floors. This informative workshop will focus on the importance of professioanl techniques from sanding to choosing products.

April 25: Wax On, Wax Off Help us restore the floors in our project home. If you need the practice before you tackle your own house, please join us. Watch the transormation of this house int an inviting home.

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Some Previous Renovators Network Events

112 W. Lynch Street (Old North Durham). Setting up a Simple Emergency Power Back Up in Your Home. This 'how to' workshop will be a brief introduction to battery powered emergency power systems that can provide a home with limited power during a brown-out or black-out. In the workshop local resident and HPSD member Stefan Zauscher will display a system he has put together that is simple, virtually maintenance free, and relatively inexpensive.

Clean Up Day, Durham Central Park. Volunteer to work in the Butterfly Garden or the Nature Trail. Dress for gardening labor. For more information, contact Leigh Scott at (919)-682-2800.

Lead Maintenance Workshop, Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street. Alan Hunter, RS Environmental Specialist will teach the all-day program designed to teach homeowners, property managers, maintenance staff, and renovators about lead-safe maintenance practices. Pre-register for the class. For more information or to obtain a registration form, contact Housing Outreach Coordinator Susan Perez Travers by phone at (919)-683-1185, extension 26 or by email. FREE.

Preservation Durham Endangered Properties Program Clean-up day at the Blackman House, 1:00-5:00pm, corner Lawndale and Hillsborough Road. Preservation Durham moved this house to a new location, filling an empty lot in Old West Durham and saving the house from demolition. Refreshments provided. Preservation Durham depends on volunteers to help us make a difference in your neighborhoods and around Durham!